Attachment for quilling machines



Oct. 27, 1925. 1,558,621

0. NORMAN ATTACHMENT FOR QUILLING MACHINES Filed June 11. 1924 L in I I m in a w fiawb/ 1701mm INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Get. 27, 1925.

UNITED srarss earner caries.

DAVID NO'RIVIAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR QUILL'ING MACHINES.

Application filed June 11, 1924.

- provide an attachment which may be used upon quilling machines thereby saving the expense of a separate machine for performthe redrawing of imperfect quills. Heretofore, it has been the practice of re drawing the'quills' on the bobbin of a winding machine and then removing the same therefrom and placing the quill on the quilling machine.

Another object of the invention resides in the construction of an attachment which may be readily applied to a quilling machine of" the type now in use without altering the construction of the machine.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construc tion and. combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particular ly pointed out in the appended claims, and

are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a portion of a quilling machine with my attachment applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a. vertical transverse sectional View on the line 2'-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view 0 my attachment per se.

Figure 4. is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing the parts in reverse position for accommodating a relatively short quill.

It is to be understood that the quilling machine to which my invention is attached, may be operated for performing its quilling operation, simultaneously with the redrawing of defective quills.

Referring more particularly to the draw ing the reference numeral 10 designates a aortion of a quilling machine known as the lJniversal quiller machine and which ineludes a supporting structure or frame 11 upon which is mounted a plurality of hous- Serial No. 719,385.

ings 12. Extending longitudinally through the housings is a main drive shaft 13, on which is mounted a gear 1 1: for meshing engagement with a gear 15 carried by the end of each driven spindle 16. Drrving means 17 is provided for transmitting power to the main shaft 13 and which power is obtained by a belt 18 connected with any suitable power machine.

Supported above the housings and extending the length of the machine is a rod 19' which is square in cross section and which supports the usual bobbin brackets 20 which are arranged in pairs, and the rod also supports tension wires 21 which are provided with. eyes 22 at their free ends. of brackets 20 usually support a full bob bin,but instead, an empty bobbin or removable roller 23 is substituted therefor for a' purpose to be presently described.

My attachment is shown in its entirety as at 24 and is slidably mounted upon the rod' 19 and includes a cross arm 25 provided with openings 26 for detachably receiving spindles 26 and surrounding each spindle at the bottom. thereof is a cup 27 The cross arm 25 is provided with a transverse groove 28 to accommodate a portion of the square rod 19, and in order to render the attachment removable from the rod, there is provided a co-acting cleat 29 having a groove 30 similar to the groove 28 for also accommodating a portion of the rod 19. Bolts 81 pass through the cross arm and enter the cleats for holding the attachment in clamping or adjusted position along the rod as will be readily appreciated.

In operation, the defective quill designated by the letter A is placed upon one of the spindles 26 so that the base of the quill rests in the cup 27 for rotation therein; The end of the silk or thread C carried by the defective quill is passed around the adjacent roller 23 and thence through the eyelet of the tension wire 21 and downward through a porcelain eyelet 82 fastened to the housing, from where it is wound about a clean quill B which is removably secured to the driving spindle 16. It will be seen that as the clean quill B is rotated by means of th spindle 16 through the main drive shaft 13 and gearing 14 and 15, a pull is exerted on the silk or thread and as long as the thread is not broken, the same will continue to wind upon the clean quill B. By passing the lead around the roller and The pairs through the tension wire, a tension is always provided which will prevent the thread from backing up, it being understood that the tension is always the same'irrespective of the amount of thread or silk contained on the defective quill. In other words, there is alwaysa steady and even pull regardless of the size of the quill.

I-l-eretofore, it has been the practice to use a winding machine for redrawing quills, but it will beevident that the redrawing or winding may be done with an attachment such as shown upon the well-known type of quilling machine.

The position of the cross bar has been shown in Figures'l to 4 inclusive in a p0sition for accommodating a relatively long quill, but when a shorter quill is to be redrawn, the crossbar and spindles may be reversed to the position shown in Figure 5 which will raise the quill to the properheight with respect to the roller.

It will be understood that the two quills arranged on the spindles of a single cross arm are operated through opposite sides of the machine, but only the operation of one side has been shown and described as the operation of the other is identical and a further explanation is not deemed necessary. It willalso be' apparent that any numberof quills may be redrawnat a single time depending upon the size of the 'quilliug machine.

While I'have described What I' deem; to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention,"it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way depart ing'from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my invention limited only by the appended claims.

hat is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination with the spindle of a quilliug' machine, means for driving said spindle, a clean quill mounted on said spindle, a bar supported above said spindle, a full quill adjustable longitudinally upon said rod,'a roller mounted adjacent said rod, a tension device above said roller, the thread from said full quill passing completely about said roller and through said tension device for winding the thread onsaid clean quill at an even rate of speed during the paying out of the thread from said full quill.

2-. In combination with the square tension bracket bar of a, quilling machine, an arm,

spindles rising from said arm, and means for slidably mounting said arm on said bar.

3. In combination with the square tension bracket bar of a quilling machine, an'arm, spindles rising from said arm, and means for reversely mounting said arm on said bar for sliding movement thereon.

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l DAVID NORMAN.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my 

